HMS Portia
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Two ships of the Royal Navy
have borne the name HMS Portia. Another was renamed before being launched, while yet another was never completed:
was a 14-gun brig-sloop launched in 1810 and sold in 1817.
Royal Navy
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have borne the name HMS Portia. Another was renamed before being launched, while yet another was never completed:
was a 14-gun brig-sloop launched in 1810 and sold in 1817.
- HMS Portia was to have been a Philomel-classPhilomel class gunvesselThe Philomel-class gunvessel was a class of wooden-hulled screw-driven second-class gunvessels built for the Royal Navy between 1859 and 1867, of which 26 were ordered but only 20 completed. They had a mixed history, with some serving for as little as 5 years, and others surviving into the 1880s...
gunvesselGunboatA gunboat is a naval watercraft designed for the express purpose of carrying one or more guns to bombard coastal targets, as opposed to those military craft designed for naval warfare, or for ferrying troops or supplies.-History:...
. She was laid down in 1861, but cancelled in 1863. - HMS PortiaHMS Lennox (1914)HMS Lennox was a Laforey class destroyer of the Royal Navy. Launched prior to the outbreak of the First World War, she was attached to the Harwich Force and served in the North Sea. Lennox saw action in several engagements, including the Battle off Texel.-Specifications:Lennox was laid down as HMS...
was to have been a Laforey-classLaforey class destroyer (1913)The Laforey class was a class of 22 torpedo boat destroyers of the Royal Navy, twenty of which were built under the Naval Programme of 1912 - 1913 and a further two under the War Emergency Programme of 1914. As such they were the last pre-war British destroyer design. All served during World War I...
destroyerDestroyerIn naval terminology, a destroyer is a fast and maneuverable yet long-endurance warship intended to escort larger vessels in a fleet, convoy or battle group and defend them against smaller, powerful, short-range attackers. Destroyers, originally called torpedo-boat destroyers in 1892, evolved from...
. She was renamed in 1913, and launched in 1914. was an Admiralty M-classAdmiralty M class destroyerThe M class, more properly known as the Admiralty M class, were a class of 85 destroyers built for the Royal Navy that saw service during World War I...
destroyer launched in 1916. She was sold in 1921 and scrapped in 1922.